Hair-curler



. J. MORENELLA.

HAIR CURLER.

ow g .I Y A M D E L F N 0 T A c L Dl P A Patented Dec. 21,1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSE MORENILLA, OF MEXICO, MEXICO.

HAIRCURLER.

Specification of Letters Patent;

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

Application filed May 17, 1919. Serial No. 297,947.

To all whom it may cmwem:

Be it known that I, Josie MORENILLA, a subject of the King of Spain, and a resident of Mexico City, Mexico, have invented a new and Improved HairCurler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a hair curl ng iron and aims to more particularly provide a device of this nature which will not alone exercise a clamping action upon the hair, but will further, after such clamping action has been exercised, draw the hair into heated grooves so that a. distinctly Marcel wave will result.

Reference is made to the accompany ng drawing forming part of this specification and in which like letters indicate like parts throughout all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a detail.

Fig. 3 is a further detail illustrat ng the certain parts used in connection with devices illustrated in Fig. 1.

Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional views through the clamping bars showing the device in operation; and,

Fig. 6 illustrates the result achieved by the use of my improved curling iron.

In these views the reference numeral 1 designates a tubular piece of metal slotted throughout its entire length, the material along the edges of such slot being of greater thickness than at the portions of the tubular member intermediate, such edges being further provided with teeth, as at 3, the thickened portions being indicated by the reference numeral 2. The tubular member 1 terminates in a shank 4, to which is secured a heat insulating handle, of any suitable material 5. A second handle 6 mounts a shank 7 which terminates in forked ends 8 and 9, upon which are mounted tubular members 10 and 11 respectively, similar in construction to the member 1, with the exception that they are smaller and are thickened and provided with teeth along one edge only, as indicated at 12. As will be noted, the tubular members 10 and 11 are provided with eyes 13, encircling the forked ends 8 and 9 and are retained thereon by any suitable means. Smaller handles 14 and 15 are provided for the tubular members 10 and 11, for a purpose hereinafter more particularly specified.

A bracket 16 provided with parallel openings 17 and downwardly projecting lugs formed with openings 18 extending at right angles to the first mentioned openings, is mounted upon the forked ends 8 and 9, and a spring 19 composed of a shank piece of resilient coiled wire formed with hooked ends 2( encircles the forked ends 8 and 9 respectively, and engages the shanks of the tubular members 10 and 11, for a purpose hereinafter specified.

The iron 1 is pivotally mounted with respect to the irons 10 and 11, by means of the openings 18 in the aforedescribed lugs, a spindle passing through such openings and the shank 4: of the iron 1.

It will be appreciated in operation that the hair curler is heated by any suitable means, and that the hair is positioned so as to lie between the members 10, 11, and 1 respectively.

The handles 5 and 6 are now moved toward one another, which will result in the tubular members also moving toward one another. It will be seen that this operation will form a groove in the hair corresponding to the wave provided by curling irons now upon the market. Upon the members 1O, 11 and 1 assuming the place occupied by these members in Fig. 4, it will be appreciated that the handles 5 and 6 may be retained so as to hold the members in this position by one hand, and the fingers of the opposite hand may grasp the handles 14 and 15 and draw the same upwardly against the tension of the spring 19 which will result in an initial movement of tubular members 10 and 11 to the position indicated in Fig. 4E, carrying with them the hair, as has been also shown in this figure. Now upon the handles 14 and 15 being moved in the limit of their rotation about the forks 8 and 9 serving as axes for the members 10 and 11, these members will now move so that their thickened edges will pass into the slot of the tubular member 1 carrying with them the hair, as has been clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

It will be readily understood that the marceled effect of the hair roduced by means of my improved type of hair curler will far exceed in distinctness of wave the marceled efi'ect produced by hair curlers now upon the market, and it will be further appreciated that by virtue of the teeth 3 and 12 not alone is a marceled effect produced, but also ripples are formed running longitudinally to the wave, thus giving the hair a natural curly appearance. The thickened edges of the Various tubular irons, serve to more effectively retain the heat in such irons at the point of contact, and consequently greatest cooling.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. A hair curler including a tubular mem+ ber slotted along one of its sides and similar melnbers arranged one upon each side of such opening and adapted to enter the same, being partially rotated.

2. A hair curler including a tubular member slotted along one of its sides and similar members, of smaller diameter, arranged one upon each side of such opening, and adapted to enter the same upon being partially rotated.

8. A hair curler including a tubular member slotted along one of its sides, the material along the edges of such slot being of greater thickness than the rest of such mem her, and additional tubular members formed with slots, having one of their edges of greater thickness than their body, such members being arranged one upon each side of the opening in the first named tubular memb r, and being adapted to enter thersame upon being partially rotated.

4;. A hair curler including a tubular member slotted along one of its sides, the edges thus formed being provided with teeth, and similarly constructed members arranged one upon each side of such opening and adapted to enter the same upon being partially rotated.

5. it iair curler including a handle, a forked shank secured to such handle, a bracket mounted upon such fork, an iron pivotally secured to such bracket, a handle secured to such iron, and additional irons swingingly mounted upon the forked ends of the shank.

6. A hair curler including a handle, a forked shank secured to such handle, a bracket mounted upon such fork, an iron pivotally secured to such bracket, a handle secured to such iron, additionallirons swingingly mounted upon the forked ends of the shank, and means for normally forcing such latter irons away from the first named iron.

7. A hair curler including a slotted member, means adapted to cooperate with such member for grooving hair, means adapted to cooperate with such member and being capable of being moved to a point one side thereof, such means being adapted to be subsequently moved to project into the slot of said member.

JOSE MORENILLA. 

